Top for receptacles.



UN 1T STATES ATNT @FFlCE.

WILLIAM G. KENDALL, OZF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

TOP FOR RECEPTACLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 15, 1913.

Application filed December 19, 1912. I Serial No. 737,716.

useful Improvements in Tops for Recep-fl tacles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in covers or caps for cans or other receptacles arid the object of my invention is to provide a sifter cap for toilet powder cans, although it will of coursebe understood that the cap maybe used upon cans or other purposes or upon bottles or other receptacles, if found suitable.

A further object of my invention is to provide a removable screw cap which may be readily applied to or removed from powder cans of conventional. construction and which carries the complete sifter mechanism. the cap and its sitter mechanism being therefore entirely independept of the can construction.

A further object of my invent-ion is to provide a can cap having a plurality of spaced dischargclopcnings or perforations and a perforated plate supported against the inner face of the cap and movable to bring its perforations into and out of alinement with the perforations of the cap to per unit the discharge of powder through the cap or to cut-off the passage of powder as the case may be. i p

A further object of my invention is to provide means for holding this discharge controlling plate yieldably against the inner face of the cap and also for normally holding the same in such position as to prevent the passage of powder through the cap. And a still further object ofmy invention is to construct this sliding plate with an integrally formed tongue extending through the side of'the cap and forming'an operating means for the plate and also with integrally formed. spring arms engaging against the inner face of the cap to hold the plate yieldahly in position.

Vfith these and other ob ects in view, my invention will be more fully described, illustratee int the accomp 'ing drawing, and then peciticaily POL qu t in the claims which are attached to and form a part of this application.

Intlie drawin Fi ure 1 is a ers cctive view of my improved cap applied to a conventional form of toilet powder can; Fig. 2 is a central vertical section on the line 22 of Fig. 3, showing the position of the sliding plate within the cap and particularly show-- ing the manner in which the spring airnrs of the plate ser've to hold the plate in engagement against the inner face of the cap; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, look.- ing in the direction of the arrows and showing the closure plate in position to cut-ofi" the passage of powder from the can; Fig. 4

is a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing the closure plate in its other position; Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view, upon a somewhat enlarged scale, of the sliding closure plate employed in controlling the discharge of powder from the can.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawing by the same reference characters. a

The preferred embodiment of my invention, as clearly illustrated in the drawing, includes a powder can 10 of conventional type provided with a threaded discharge neck 11 adapted to receive thethreaded collar or flange 12 of a cap 13, the top of which is provided with a plurality of sifterordischarge openings 14. My invention fut'th r consists in the provision of a sliding place 15 mounted within the cap and adapted in control the discharge through.

More specifically the cap 13 .is provided immediately above the threadei portion of its collar or flange with an instruck annular groove forming an inwardly directed bearing shoulder 16 extending'around the ca and in spaced relation to the top thereo'. The COIlll'ZLlxPOItlOIl of the topoif the cap is depressed as best shown at 17 and it is this depressed portion which is perforated. In order to stiffen the top of the cap and therefore permit the cap to be formed of either relatively light metal or other fiber as seen lit, the peripheral portion f the cap is provided with a plurality of /radially extending upwardly directed ribs 18 formed in well known manner by interiorly depressing portions of the cap top and extending from the. inwardly depressed portion to the edge of the cap. That portion of the collar-or flangcof the cap between t-hetop and shoulder 16 is provided at of powder there of pressed paper or one side with slot 19, the purpose 0% which will be hereinafter fully explained.

The sliding plate 15 comprises it snbstoir tia lly rectangular shaped body member pro vided with perforations 20 arranged to correspond with the perforations l t: ot' the cop and provided til. one end with an integrally formed tongue 21 which bent into slightly oiii'set relation to the body of the plate and which is extended outwardly hrough the slot 19 of the clip with its free end bent downwardly as shown at T he body por tion of the plate 15 at the end opposite this tongue is provided with o, downwardly cretending tongue 23 terminating at it free end in loterzr ly projecting, IllCllailQ arms it which, as clearly illustrated in the drawings, are bent transversely along their lOIlglllHllnnl. axes or medial lines to stitl'en the same. This sliding plate 15 is formed of resilient metal and the arms "ll are so proportioned and curred as to engage against the inner face of the cop collar or flange 12 between the top of the cap and the bearing shoulder 16, Furthermore, these arms are pref ably directed Cl JWIlWtlIdly at a slight angle in such 21. manner that their free ends which engage against the inner face of said. collar also bear upon. the annular shoulder 16 and exert an upward pressure to maintain the engagement against the inner face of the cop top. I

As will be readily Understood, the free ends of the arms 24, bearing as they do against the arcnovtc ihner face of the cap collar and normally tending to spread apart, force the sliding plate to the position shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing, in which position the tongue 21 With its dmvnturned terminal 22 are SpttCtKl a slight distance -from the cop, fiche perforations in the cop being then cor-- ered by imporforote portions of the sliding 'body portion of the sliding plate in close plate. Upon exerting inward p1 sure against the downbent terminal ot the sliding plate, the latter is ioreed inwardly against the resiliency ol' the spring nrnis A to bring the perforations of the plate in alineinent with the perforations of the clip top and so permit the discharge of the contents of the can.

he clearly shown in Fig. 4: of the drzuvhw, the length of. that portion ol the tongue 21 ljictwcen the cap and downbent portion 22 of the tongue, is such that when the downbent portion is forced against the outer face ot the cap, the perforations of the plate will register with the perforations of the cap top. Because of this, all danger of for, lg; th lidio plote beyond its operelive position As soon as pres-, sure is removed from the tongue the, spring arms 2% will returirthe sliding plate to the position. shown iii Fig 3 of the drawing when the offsetportion i the tongue COIIDECtlIlg the intermediate portion with the body of the plate will bear against the inner thee of the cap collar or flange and prevent further movement. The. spring nuns are at all times under certain tension and all rattling movementof the sliding pinto is therefore prevented. y

in order to insure the supply of powder to the cap free of lumps to prevent all. clog-- cine of the cap, it preferably provide a perforated disk which seats between the up per end oi the can neck and the inwardly dir :ted shoulder 16 of the. cop and which eli'e .ively breaks up all lumps in the pow- Li)? and therelfore prevents clogging of the While I have illustrated the cap as adapt ed for threaded engagement with at threaded can "oer-k, it will of course be understood that I do not wish in. any "way to limit myself to the manner of attaching the cop to the con, this depending entirely upon the construction of the can with which the cap is to be used, in fact, I do not wish in any way to limit myself to the specific details of construction lustrated and described re serving the Fig.1], to at the same time, HlZtlie such minor ehnngcs in details of construction, within the scope of my claims, as may appear desirable.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is:

l. A. sitter cup 1 01 cans including a, top

and on integrally formed collar adapted for attachment to a, can, the top being pressed dmrm'vardly centrally to form ZL seat and upwardly radially from the center to form reinforcing ribs, the downwardly depressed portion oi the top being perforated, and a sliding perforated plate mounted in the cap and him-able to bring its perforations into and out of atinemcnt with the perforations of the top, sold plate being yicldably held against the seat formed by the downwardly depressed portion of the top. 9 K A si'f'tcrcap ior eons including a, pet formed top and a collar adopted for attach ment to it can, said collar being pressed in wordly to provide an annular shoilder projecting in spaced relation below tiller top, a perforated plate seating against fthtz inner face of the top, on integrally formed-tongue extending from the plate through a, slot: formed in the collar, and oppositely directed integrally forn'red arms carried by the plate and bearing against the inner face of the collar and upon the upper face of the shoul' der to normally hold the plate with its tongue in extended position and in close on gagement against the inner face of the top.

A sitter cap for cans including a perforated top and an integral collar for at tztohment to it can, a sliding plate mounted in the cop o e i QQIfQT tiGHf: moronic into rent; oi l me i tions of the top, a tongue extending from arms being bent transversely alongv their one-end of the plate through the collar, and longitudinal axes to increase their stiffness. 10 a tongue extending downwardly from the In testimony whereof I aifix my signature other end of the plate and provided with in presence of two witnesses.

laterally directed spring arms, the ends of WILLIAM G. KENDALL. [L.s-]

which engage against the inner face of the -Witnesses:

collar to normally hold the plate with its JOHN HENRYVYVAN COURT, tonguein. extended position, said spring FFEDERICK M. BOLLES. 

